Only mediocrity can be trusted to be always at its best. Genius must a…

Max Beerbohm
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Only mediocrity can be trusted to be always at its best. Genius must always have lapses proportionate to its triumphs. ✨ Saturday Review, 5 Nov. 1904 See Maugham 11
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